Ramayan Manjhi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.53689 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-77 Year-2024 Thana- Raghunathpur District- East Champaran ====================================================== 1.

Ramayan Manjhi Son of Dukhan Manjhi Resident of Village- Vrita Raghunathpur PS- Raghunathpur District -East Champaran 2.

Suganti Devi Wife of Ramayan Manjhi Resident of Village- Vrita Raghunathpur PS- Raghunathpur District -East Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Karandeep Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Anant Kumar 1 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 20-08-2025

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 191(2), 190, 132, 121(1), 121(2), 109 and 224 of the BNS, 2023.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners are persons with clean antecedent and petitioner no. 2 is a woman and the informant alleges that on receiving

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.53689 of 2025(2) dt.20-08-2025 2/3 information that two groups are quarreling, the informant along with the police force reached the place of occurrence, when accused persons assembled and assaulted the force by lathi, danda and bricks, further Mahendra and Kapildeo were arrested who disclosed the name of accused persons who fled including the petitioners.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners have been falsely implicated in the instant case by the informant. It is next submitted that from perusal of the allegation as alleged in the F.I.R., it would manifest that no specific allegation of assault is alleged. It is next submitted that petitioners reside nearby to the place of occurrence, as such when commotion started, they out of inquisitiveness went to the place of occurrence and came to be implicated.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners.

6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioners, the petitioners above-named, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.53689 of 2025(2) dt.20-08-2025 3/3 amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Raghunathpur P.S. Case No. 77 of 2024 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the BNSS.

7. Accordingly, the instant anticipatory bail application stands allowed.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishabh/- U T